Sentences with phrase «entertaining films i've seen»

By far the most entertaining film I saw at the 2016 SXSW film festival.

Watts steals the show in St. Vincent, which is one of the most entertaining films I saw this year.

Not exact matches

There's a good reason for these amazing milestones: the film is excellent, among the most entertaining and exciting movies I've seen this decade.

The world has been waiting a long time for Black Panther, a film that doesn't settle for fleeting entertaining trifles and instead delivers something unlike any superhero movie you've seen before.

The world has been waiting a long time for Black Panther, a film that doesn't settle for fleeting entertaining trifles and instead delivers something unlike any superhero movie you've seen...

Although it is entertaining to see whether the restaurant manager will try to dodge the reporter — yes, a manager was caught on film running away and hiding behind a wall — or lie about what happened, it's everything Van Warner says to avoid doing in a crisis.

Just like how a film in the theatre can't be gauged on how good it is by how much it raked in at the box office opening weekends; just because they saw it doesn't mean they were entertained by it.

But Persepolis, based on the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, manages what no other film has managed: to present Western audiences with a must - see tale of growing up in Iran, combined with an entertaining and accurate potted history of the country since the fall of the Shah.

Be Entertained: Many Seattle women can enjoy seeing a feature film at the Central Cinema or the Big Picture.

The reason this film works and entertains is that it has actual substance, and without revealing what exactly I mean by that, I will say that it is unlike anything you have ever seen before.

Based on Gregory Miller's book Public Enemy No. 1, G - Men was reissued in 1949, with an added prologue featuring David Brian as an FBI trainer who advises his students not to laugh at the old - fashioned costumes and slang in the 1935 film; seen today, it is Brian's superfluous opening comments that seem hopelessly dated, while the film itself is as exciting and entertaining as ever.

Most critics found the film funny and entertaining when it screened at Toronto last fall, and audiences will finally get to see it on June 7 (and in even more theaters on June 21).

As to the latter, the film is certainly not «entertaining» in the true sense of the word but represents one of those «should see» see films because of its biographical data and the efforts of its two stars.

If you forget the similarities between the films, this is a fun, entertaining picture that is worth seeing because there are several worthwhile moments due to a well crafted script, good cast and good direction from director Jon Favreau.

Schrader, whose strict, Calvinist parents did not allow him to see films until he was eighteen, unwraps the story as though a reflection on his own upbringing, entertains a view that actors should not over-emote, that more naturalistic performances would evoke passion in the audience more than a display of firecracker exhibitionism.

I encourage people to get out there and see this film; in the wake of crap like Transformers and G.I. Joe, which make a quatrillion dollars, uncommonly inteligent (and entertaining) films like this need our support!

We've certainly seen better choreography in other boxing films before, but it's the scenes between the fights that keep you entertained and involved.

Despite its dubious inhabitants, the film consistently entertains by throwing the kinds of curves one should see coming but doesn't.

This is a very entertaining film that is a must see for fans of classic cinema.

If you want to see a film that is frustrating and entertaining as well as truly tear - jerking then see Dallas Buyers Club.

Despite the problems with the characterizations and the lack of an interesting storyline, the true test for the film will likely be among pre-teen girls, who will likely find the film colorful, lively, and charming enough to be entertained by, even if they may forget all about it a week after they see it.

I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a good film overall, but given its relatively low aims, and for its subgenre, it is an entertaining one, though some might be disturbed at a few of the grislier narrative turns, especially at seeing a loving family torn apart, quite literally.

And I think those nods are part of what this film gets right and made it entertaining for the me and several that I saw it with.

It was an entertaining film and a solid showcase for its many funny stars, but after seeing it / refusing to see it out of some stupid...

Among action blockbusters such as CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER and GODZILLA, it seems strange to think that this film is one of the most entertaining films I have seen this year (which is definitely no small achievement).

Once the set up is there, it's easy to see where it's all going, and consequently, the tempo never comes close to the fever pitch required to make this the thrilling action film it needs to be in order to truly entertain.

The film will also entertain fans who have never seen the original films because the jokes and story completely stand on their own merits, and the nods to the old film do not feel forced or distract from the narrative.

In spite of its failings on the dramatic level, Disco is still a very entertaining film, thanks to an appealing cast (which also includes Beckinsale's Much Ado About Nothing love interest, Robert Sean Leonard, and a briefly - seen Jennifer Beals) and those wordy discussions.

Rating: 5/10 — a man (Lowery) drives across country after the death of his brother and gives a lift to a woman (Lane) who tricks him into being the getaway driver in a bank robbery, a situation that sees him on the run from the police but determined to prove his innocence; a gritty, hard - boiled film noir, They Made Me a Killer adds enough incident to its basic plot to keep viewers entertained from start to finish without really adding anything new or overly impressive to the mix, but it does have a brash performance from Lowery, and Thomas's direction ensures it's another solid effort from Paramount's B - movie unit, Pine - Thomas.

The Wolf of Wall Street is perhaps the most despicable, entertaining, and despicably entertaining film we've yet seen from Scorsese, plunging headlong into the excess surrounding Belfort's meteoric, hedonistic rise and pillow - soft landing.

Besides Green's wondrous transformations into the falcon she's named for, the actor has little to do but mug for the camera (for a more entertaining and similarly flaccid period piece starring Green as a boarding school teacher, see Jordan Scott's 2009 film Cracks).

The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a film as interested in process as it is in jump scares and the result is one of the most entertaining horror movies I've seen in a year that has had no shortage of great scary movies.

In fact, it's the most entertaining film we've seen in the FLF race (THE SQUARE comes close but this one is a tighter and better edited film).

Black Panther marks this as being one of the greatest superhero films I've seen since it not only does the movie offer some tour - de-force performances by Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, and Lupita Nyong» o, but this is also one of the most mesmerizing, entertaining, and exhilarating experiences I've had at the movies this year so far, and it also proves that Ryan Coogler is one of the best filmmakers working today.

Once in a while, you'll see story sequences that I can imagine would be much more entertaining if they had voices or cool effects but instead they play like short silent films as if you're reading a comic book with no text.

For now, The Florida Project deserves to be seen simply on the basis that it tells a different story in a different way from the other films that are out there and it moves and entertains in the process, from its disarming opening to its wildly exhilarating, perhaps inevitable finale.

«And we are thrilled to see John Madden and Jessica Chastain working together again on what we know will be a highly entertaining and thought provoking film.»

Entertaining for much of its short runtime, A Town Called Panic deserves a look, especially from those who'd like to see an animated film straying from the lucrative models of the booming CGI market.

Traditionally, January is the graveyard of most new movie releases, so it's a pleasant surprise when we see an entertaining, well - made and historically interesting film, and it's still mid-January!

It's an entertaining film, energetic for sure and probably more nudity ever seen before in a R rated film... i.e close to porn some would say.

It's one of the most entertaining films you'll ever see, and its moments of obvious exaggeration are as revealing as the moments of autobiographical truth.

That said roles are so swiftly identifiable to the viewer is, in part, the principal triumph of this vastly entertaining and laudably generous film: lesbian, liberal or otherwise, we can all see ourselves in these characters, sometimes unflatteringly so.

As clichéd as it may be, it is also an entertaining enough film if seen as one aimed at children, who may not really be overly familiar with overused plot devices and themes.

It has an abundance of energy and I still reckon it's one the most consistently entertaining films I've seen.

But putting all that aside, Bond films are just damn entertaining movies that everyone should see at least one or twelve of in their lifetime, so nuts to all the rest.

Bobby Cannavale isn't nearly as entertaining as he has been in other films this year (Spy, Annie) as the fiancée of Scott's ex-wife Maggie, played by Judy Greer... getting yet another small, thankless role in a blockbuster this summer (she was previously seen in Tomorrowland and Jurassic World).

With Liman's latest film, The Wall, about to arrive in theaters, I re-watched and ranked Liman's movies, which have a surprisingly consistent tendency to be both wildly entertaining and compellingly thoughtful.I should note that Getting In, Liman's first film, which IMDB lists as a video - only release, is genuinely tough to see these days and after a lengthy search, I wasn't able to find a decent copy on home video to screen for this piece.

While certainly entertaining, Rocky III can be seen as the film in the series that finally lost the heart, soul, and focus of the first entry, the Best Picture Oscar - winner, Rocky.

Neither funny nor original enough to really register, this breezy little film will only really entertain those who haven't seen very many rom - coms, and therefore can't predict every single scene.

Though most behind - the - scenes features showcase the production process once filming is underway, The Player gives us a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes of the behind - the - scenes process, where the only dreams that come true are for the people up top — the people who feel that anyone can make a story that will entertain millions, while the lowly creators that nurtured the initial ideas are seen as little more then expendable goods hardly worth receiving input from once the studio handlers squeeze their foots in the door, symbolically getting away with murder — the figurative death of the writer in the Hollywood production process.